Lyn Cook's novel, Pegeen and the Pilgrim, served as the source for the characters and situation of The Mystery Maker, a 13-week series for children on CBC. Pegeen O'Hara was a teenager who wanted to act, and who lived with her widowed mother, owner of a boarding house in Stratford. The light mystery traced several plotlines that revolved around Pegeen's desire to act and the characters who lived at the boarding house.